SAF suspends all field training with immediate effect, following NSF's death on navigation exercise

The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has suspended outfield training in all army units and training schools. -- ST PHOTO: SAMUEL HE THE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has suspended outfield training in all army units and training schools, after a full- time national serviceman who collapsed halfway through training, died on Aug 2. The Straits Times understands that outfield training exercises have been halted for Aug 3 in the army's operational units, as well as training institutes such as officer cadet school, specialist cadet school and basic military training centre. There may be plans to extend the time-out. Specialist cadet (SCT) Ee Chun Sheng, 21, was pronounced dead on Aug 2, after he was found unconscious earlier in the day while on a navigation exercise in the Ama Keng training area in Lim Chu Kang. The last time the SAF halted physical fitness training was in 2008 when...